General Chemistry - Standalone book (MindTap Course List)
General Chemistry - Standalone book (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305580343
Author: Steven D. Gammon, Ebbing, Darrell Ebbing, Steven D., Darrell; Gammon, Darrell Ebbing; Steven D. Gammon, Darrell D.; Gammon, Ebbing; Steven D. Gammon; Darrell
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.87QP

Calcium carbide, CaC2, has an ionic structure with ions Ca2+ and C22−. Give the valence bond description of the bonding in the C22− ion. Now write the MO configuration of this ion. What is the bond order according to this configuration? Compare the valence bond and molecular orbital descriptions.

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